precipice
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['presipis'presɪpɪs]
- 美式音标 [ˈpres.ə.pɪs]
- 国际音标 ['presipis]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.断崖;绝壁;险境
词根记忆
- pre(前面) + cip(落下) + ice→小龙女当着杨过的面落下了断肠崖→悬崖
英汉例句
- They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.
他们离悬崖边很近,十分危险. - A slight carelessness on this precipice could cost a man his life.
在这悬崖上稍一疏忽,就会使人丧生. - Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety.
看着他往悬崖上爬, 大家都捏一把汗. - I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice.
我内心开始承认我们的婚姻正走向危险的边缘。 - The hut hung half over the edge of the precipice.
那间小屋有一半悬在峭壁边上.
词组短语
- soil precipice 土崖
- Precipice piece 的石头
- Abyssal Precipice 深渊绝壁
- A Precipice 到悬崖边
- Great Precipice 大峭壁
短语
英英字典
- a very steep side of a cliff or a mountain
- A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain.
- If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to disaster or failure.
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专业释义
- 悬崖